Things start to look bright

I guess some of you already wrote off Useeme as a project that failed. To be honest, at some point we almost wrote it off too. Then we took a deep breath, and decided to keep working.

We gathered a new team of engineers to tackle the challenges all previous teams failed to solve. We needed a new, much more reliable hand signal detection algorhythm, and we needed proper electronics with viable battery consumption. About 3 months ago we reached an agreement with the new engineering team and they started working.

And what a good work they are doing: 

• They created a proper, reliable, production-ready hand signal detection algorhythm.
• They rewrote the control algorythm of the LEDs, achieving very-very low energy consumption and still maintaining perfect visibility, even in bright daylight.
• They are at the moment designing the final version of the electronics with all the necessary sensors for the new hand signal detection algorhythm.

Here's what's done:

• Outer casing: ready for production.
• LED hardware: ready for production.
• Control software: ready for production.

Here's what's left to do:

• Final version of control hardware (ready for production in 2 months maximum, fingers crossed)
• Reliability testing
• Finalizing assembly line
• Serial production test runs

We expect to be production ready in October or November.

The final product will:

• Look great
• Reliably detect hand signals with any type of bike handle
• Feature extremely bright LEDs, visible from more than 50 meters even in direct sunlight
• Have rechargeable batteries
• Go at least 2 weeks on one charge

We just finished the first battery tests, it shows that almost 2 hours of continous flashing is achievable with one charge. (See the graph.)

Things start to look bright for Useeme. Please watch this space for updates.

Best,
Peter & the team